Samed Yeşil

Samed Yeşil (Turkish pronunciation: [samed jeʃil], born 25 May 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays for Swiss club FC Luzern on loan from English club Liverpool as a striker.

Formed at Bayer Leverkusen, he concluded his development at Liverpool, where he made his senior debut in 2012. In 2015, he was loaned to Luzern.

Yeşil has represented Germany up to under-19 level. He was particularly successful in their under-17 team, whom he helped become runners-up in the European Championship and third place at the World Cup in 2011.

Club career

Early career

Yeşil was born in Düsseldorf, but grew up in Krefeld. He started playing football in local club CFR Links, aged just six and then he played for BV 04 Düsseldorf. At age of eleven he was offered trial at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which he accepted. In 2010 he reached the final of German Junior championship, which his team lost 0-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt. Next season he scored 22 goals in 24 matches for B-Junioren (U17/U16) and was moved one level up.